Astronaut Instance
API endpoint that allows Astronaut to be viewed.
GET: Return a list of all the existing astronauts.
MODE: Normal, List, LaunchList and Detailed /2.2.0/astronaut/?mode=detailed
FILTERS: Parameters - 'name', 'status', 'nationality', 'agency__name', 'agency__abbrev', 'date_of_birth', 'date_of_death', 'status_ids', 'is_human', 'type__id', 'has_flown', 'in_space' Example - /2.2.0/astronaut/?nationality=American
SEARCH EXAMPLE: /2.2.0/astronaut/?search=armstrong Searches through name, nationality and agency name
ORDERING: Fields - 'name', 'status', 'date_of_birth' Example - /2.2.0/astronaut/?order=name
GET /2.2.0/astronaut/590/?format=api
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Payton traveled over 1.2 million miles in 48 Earth orbits, and logged more than 73 hours in space.", "profile_image": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/gary2520payton_image_20181207223026.jpg", "profile_image_thumbnail": "https://thespacedevs-prod.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/media/images/255bauto255d__image_thumbnail_20240305185958.jpeg", "wiki": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Payton_(astronaut)", "flights": [ { "id": "4d6a4cd8-0efd-4011-adc4-38314f6a3708", "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/launch/4d6a4cd8-0efd-4011-adc4-38314f6a3708/?format=api", "slug": "space-shuttle-discovery-ov-103-sts-51-c", "name": "Space Shuttle Discovery / OV-103 | STS-51-C", "status": { "id": 3, "name": "Launch Successful", "abbrev": "Success", "description": "The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s)." }, "last_updated": "2024-06-13T18:55:42Z", "net": "1985-01-24T19:50:00Z", "window_end": "1985-01-24T19:50:00Z", "window_start": "1985-01-24T19:50:00Z", "net_precision": { "id": 0, "name": "Second", "abbrev": "SEC", "description": "The T-0 is accurate to the second." }, "probability": null, "weather_concerns": null, "holdreason": "", "failreason": "", "hashtag": null, "launch_service_provider": { "id": 192, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/agencies/192/?format=api", "name": "Lockheed Space Operations Company", "type": "Commercial" }, "rocket": { "id": 303, "configuration": { "id": 493, "url": "https://ll.thespacedevs.com/2.2.0/config/launcher/493/?format=api", "name": "Space Shuttle", "family": "", "full_name": "Space Shuttle", "variant": "" } }, "mission": { "id": 919, "name": "STS-51-C", "description": "STS-51-C was the fifteenth flight of the shuttle program and third for the Space Shuttle Discovery. 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